🇲🇭What animals live in the Marshall Islands?

82,017 animal records from the Marshall Islands cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 82,017 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in the Marshall Islands

	Animal	Group	Records
	Striated surgeonfish Ctenochaetus striatus	— Acanthuridae	1,759
	Yellowstripe Goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus	— Mullidae	1,371
	Daisy parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus	— Scaridae	1,025
	Whitecheek surgeonfish Acanthurus nigricans	— Acanthuridae	1,023
	elongate clam Tridacna maxima	Bivalvia Cardiidae	857
	Steephead Parrotfish Chlorurus microrhinos	— Scaridae	585
	Orangespine unicornfish Naso lituratus	— Acanthuridae	562
	Bigeye Emperor Monotaxis grandoculis	— Lethrinidae	517
	Black Unicornfish Naso hexacanthus	— Acanthuridae	469
	White Tern Gygis alba	Aves Laridae	461
	Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva	Aves Charadriidae	439
	Silvery Rabbitfish Siganus argenteus	— Siganidae	435
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	400
	Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra	Aves Ardeidae	363
	Elongate surgeonfish Acanthurus mata	— Acanthuridae	351
	Yellowfin Goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis	— Mullidae	345
	Blue and gold fusilier Caesio caerulaurea	— Caesionidae	337
	Convict surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus	— Acanthuridae	328
	Bluelip Bristletooth Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus	— Acanthuridae	323
	Black Noddy Anous minutus	Aves Laridae	321
	Longnose Parrotfish Hipposcarus longiceps	— Scaridae	289
	Paddletail Snapper Lutjanus gibbus	— Lutjanidae	283
	Brown Surgeonfish Acanthurus nigrofuscus	— Acanthuridae	262
	Goldlined Emperor Gnathodentex aureolineatus	— Lethrinidae	250
	Maroon Clownfish Amphiprion tricinctus	— Pomacentridae	240
	Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana	Aves Laridae	230
	Redbreast wrasse Cheilinus fasciatus	— Labridae	227
	Bear Paw Hippopus hippopus	Bivalvia Cardiidae	227
	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus	Aves Laridae	225
	Threespot Wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus	— Labridae	221
	Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	Aves Laridae	218
	Striped Triggerfish Balistapus undulatus	— Balistidae	217
	Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	Aves Scolopacidae	215
	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Aves Passeridae	210
	Honeycomb Grouper Epinephelus merra	— Serranidae	210
	Manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus	— Mullidae	206
	lolly fish Holothuria atra	Holothuroidea Holothuriidae	203
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	201
	cushion star Culcita novaeguineae	Asteroidea Oreasteridae	194
	Filament-finned Parrotfish Scarus altipinnis	— Scaridae	185
	Hebrew cone Conus ebraeus	Gastropoda Conidae	185
	Blue-spotted Grouper Cephalopholis argus	— Serranidae	174
	Tricoloured Fusilier Pterocaesio tile	— Caesionidae	172
	Wandering Tattler Tringa incana	Aves Scolopacidae	169
	Bluefin trevally Caranx melampygus	— Carangidae	166
	fluted clam Tridacna squamosa	Bivalvia Cardiidae	161
	Rainbow Runner Elagatis bipinnulata	— Carangidae	161
	Threadfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga	— Chaetodontidae	160
	False Skunkstriped Anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion	— Pomacentridae	159
	Bleeker's parrotfish Chlorurus bleekeri	— Scaridae	159
	Orangeband Surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus	— Acanthuridae	158
	Red Snapper Lutjanus bohar	— Lutjanidae	154
	Blackspot Snapper Lutjanus monostigma	— Lutjanidae	152
	Moorish idol Zanclus cornutus	— Zanclidae	150
	Twospot surgeonfish Ctenochaetus binotatus	— Acanthuridae	150
	Pearl-spotted Wrasse Halichoeres margaritaceus	— Labridae	149
	Oval Butterflyfish Chaetodon lunulatus	— Chaetodontidae	144
	Common foxface Siganus vulpinus	— Siganidae	142
	shortnosed unicornfish Naso brevirostris	— Acanthuridae	142
	Flagtail Grouper Cephalopholis urodeta	— Serranidae	140